Suotuo City's night did not grow quiet just because the soul battle had ended.
The crowd outside the Great Soul Arena gradually dispersed.
The Shrek group returned to the academy.
Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan stayed in a small courtyard temporarily arranged by the Suotuo City branch hall.
Grey-White Cat did not follow them back.
He crouched on the eaves, watching the direction in which the woman in black had left, his tail giving a slight flick.
The woman's scent was unusual.
She was neither an ordinary Soul Master.
Nor was she an ordinary noble.
She carried an aura similar to Zhu Zhuqing's.
Hell Spirit Cat.
Only, it was colder and more mixed than Zhu Zhuqing's.
Grey-White Cat let out a low cry, then pressed himself against the eaves and followed after her.
This was a rule Meow Meow had set.
When encountering the auras of the White Tiger, Hell Spirit Cat, or Black Eagle Crest, they were not to approach rashly.
Only watch.
Only remember.
Only report.
Grey-White Cat remembered it clearly.
So he did not pounce or cry out, merely followed from afar.
The woman in black walked quickly.
She did not return to an inn, nor did she go to Shrek Academy. Instead, she circled through several streets and entered an old alley on the western side of Suotuo City.
Deep within the old alley stood an abandoned little courtyard.
Its gate had half-collapsed.
Weeds grew by the walls.
The woman in black entered the courtyard and took a dark token from her sleeve.
Etched on the token was the pattern of a Hell Spirit Cat.
She said softly:
"The Second Miss has entered Shrek."
"Dai Mubai is still at the academy."
"The situation... is more complicated than expected."
She paused.
"Spirit Hall's Golden Generation is